{"id":883,"date":"2011-08-25T19:23:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T03:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/?p=883"},"modified":"2012-06-11T22:05:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T06:05:31","slug":"lady-business-out-and-about-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/screencuisine\/lady-business\/lady-business-out-and-about-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Business: Out and About In the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris and I were also in the audience when Dave Chappelle had his famous meltdown that severely damaged his career in 2004. Google \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dave Chappelle Sacramento\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find all kinds of articles that all mention how he told us all that we were stupid and left. In Sacramento\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s defense, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not terrible people. There was one guy in the back who kept yelling \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Rick James, bitch!!!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and would not stop. The rest of the audience tried to get him to shut up. We really did. It was awful all around, really.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday, Rifftrax (members of MST3K) put on a show at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. In order to make up for Mike Nelson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s absence, they tossed in appearances by Chris Hardwick, Andy Richter, Adam Savage and Bob Odenkirk. The best part is that that they riffed on movie shorts, which I find to be much funnier than full movie riffs due to my short attention span. I must say that those were some terrifying shorts. The one with the paper bag will haunt me for life, and I may never be able to use a calendar again without thinking of the Cameltoe Twins.<\/p>\n

There was also a band playing nearby that same night. My friend Jenny\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s husband is in the band Orchid<\/a>, so I was able to get a music fix in there as well after the comedy. Even though the comedy ran long, we made it there in time to see the full Orchid show, which rocked. There was even a song about bigfoot, and everyone knows there are few things more awesome than bigfoot. Even Chris enjoyed the show, but he was about five drinks deep at that point.<\/p>\n

Of course, this website is all about screen thingies. So, here are some ways to have some MST3K-related fun in front of whichever screen suits you best:<\/p>\n

Rifftrax for Road House<\/a>. There are a lot of Rifftrax out there, but this one is my favorite. Plus, it has the line \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sink wash my unit\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in there for your listening pleasure. I think the best bits are when they just giggle at the movie.<\/p>\n

Riding with Death<\/a>, MST3K. This is one of those movies that I know by heart. Chris had some kind of copy that only played in our old broken TIVO, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been missing this one for a while now. Though, I found it whole on Google video when I was searching for a link just now. (Don’t really know if that’s\u00c2\u00a0exactly legal, but it’s there.) It offers up the best of the 70\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with girly bellbottoms on dudes, country music, truck driving, CB radios, car racing and terrifically filthy glasses. Also, Robert Denby and turkeys.<\/p>\n

Mike Nelson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Mind Over Matters<\/a>, Kindle book. I have this one in paperback, but apparently it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also available on Kindle as well. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a story in here about him running over a hornet\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nest with a lawn mower, and it made me laugh until I cried. I also think of him whenever I hear a leaf blower, and yearn for the days where people used rakes instead. Note: this is not edgy in-your-face comedy.<\/p>\n

Of course, you also now have twice the entertainment since the MST3K group has blossomed into both\u00c2\u00a0 Cinematic Titanic<\/a> and Rifftrax<\/a>. There was a debate while waiting outside the Castro Theater as to which group was better than the other, but I’m staying neutral on the topic. There are plenty of bad movies and good comedy to go around!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"